We see it with regularity. Someone who is well connected and has a reputation within a community goes free while anyone else would be indicted, fined and imprisoned.

Once again we see this occur with the misdemeanor trial of a Kennedy. Admittedly, her father was a beloved person. Robert Kennedy did more in the sixties to effect civil rights and equality under the law than anyone has done since Abraham Lincoln.

John Kennedy, his brother, was probably the most loved president that ever lived. We certainly wouldn’t have gone to Vietnam, public schools in the south would probably have been segregated much longer, and the vote forcibly denied to black Americans much longer if he had not started us down the road of civil rights. They are worthy of our respect.

Kerry Kennedy freely admitted that she was driving under the influence of drugs. The actual drug was never determined, and apparently there was never a test administered.

The jury, having heard the evidence used the principal of jury nullification and acquitted her.

When we allow these things to occur we prove to the public that justice is administered with great bias, and citizens lose faith in the justice system, and rightfully so. This is why we, as citizens, must be actively involved.

We must bring these things to the attention of the public and elected officials.

It is a shame that the public has developed this perspective of apathy, and see their involvement with the legal system with futility. This must change. Be active. Be vocal. Be involved. Make a difference.